I would like to do some research into Egyptian Mythology. Anyone with specific knowledge than can point me in a good direction of books and other resources?
Read more…When I first started listening to the Sixth Doctor's adventures on audio, I became obsessed with the order of his companions and the order of the stories. On TV, the Seventh Doctor began his travels with Mel, switched to Ace, and was still travelling
Read more…Something I've been contemplating for awhile is buying Season One of the original Hawaii Five-O. I find I'm watching less and less current TV, and the old shows from my youth certainly hit the nostalgia sweet spot. But Hawaii Five-O is a little dif
Read more…Additional DC and Archie previews came in, which made the original post too long (more than 10,000 characters, the Ning limit). So I've split the post, like I had to do last week. I may have to do this every week I use all of the Future State preview
Read more…Captain's Note: It's a new year, so let's try something new with this feature. Y'all let me know if you like this approach.
GENRE TV OF NOTE
The Expanse, "Tribes" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 6)
Star Trek: Discovery, season 3 finale, "Outside" (CBS All Acces
Read more…Dying is Easy
Joe Hill, writer; Martin Simmonds, artist
IDW Publishing, 2020
A crime thriller starring an ex-homicide cop turned standup comic. The title (from the show business adage "Dying is easy, comedy is hard") has multiple meanings. As the stor
Read more…So I was recently reminded of a late 1950s team of heroes that were, like many others of the era, a foursome. Which team it was is unimportant, but what I want to talk about is what it got me thinking about.
To wit: There were a lot of late 1950s/ear
Read more…Gal Gadot plays the Amazing Amazon again in Wonder Woman 1984. (Courtesy WarnerMedia)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Dec. 31, 2020 — If you haven’t seen Wonder Woman 1984 yet, do so! In the meantime, spoilers ahoy as we take a look at t
Read more…Well, I'm off-line for the rest of the year. Merry New Year to you all!
Sex Criminals Vol. 6: Six Criminals
Matt Fraction, writer; Chip Zdarsky, artist
Image Comics, 2020
The final volume opens with the gang (which now includes the Sex Police) trying to figure out what to do about their mutual enemy Badal, and the huge Ba
Read more…1) Another "Doctor lite" or what they call a "double banking" episode, which was filmed concurrently with the previous story. Typically, I don't like these, but this one was pretty good as these go, with an interesting gimmick - presaging some of th
Read more…GENRE TV
His Dark Materials, season 2 finale, "Æsahættr" (HBO, Dec. 28)
The Expanse, "Down and Out" (Amazon Prime, Dec. 30)
Vikings, second half season 6, series finale (Amazon Prime, Dec. 30)
Star Trek: Discovery, "The Good of the People" (CBS All A
Read more…In our nearly three decades together, one area in which the Good Mrs. Benson and I still disagree is the subject of music. I sensibly maintain that little good music has come out since, oh, 1965, and the further one gets from that year, the occurren
The Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Chapek makes announcements at the Investor Day 2020 presentation. (© The Walt Disney Co. 2020.)
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Dec. 17, 2020 — OK, that’s … a lot to process.
I’m talking about Disney’s Investor
Read more…Ice Cream Man Vol. 5: Other Confections
W. Maxwell Prince, writer; Martín Morazzo, artist; Chris O'Halloran, colors
Image Comics, 2020
Four standalone stories set in the Ice Cream Man universe which are remarkably diverse, even given the frequently ex
Read more…The purpose of this thread is to discuss the War Doctor audios from Big Finish. Like the Eighth Doctor, who was featured in only one televised episode then went on to be featured in a long-running series of audio adventures, so too is the “War Doctor
Read more…It was Monday night, and since I know how to party, I was reading Titans #47 from 2009. This issue features Tempest, and he is going on and on about how he was shunned, hated, and also cast ouy by the other Atlanteans because he has purple eyes. Purp
Read more…Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller, story; Nico Lathouris & Mark Sexton: script; Tristan Jones & Riccardo Burchielli, art
Vertigo Comics, 2015
This is a relative rarity in the Vertigo catalog: a movie tie-in. These stories are all prequels to some of th
Read more…See Part I for Genre TV, Digital Comics and Major Publishers
DEC. 21-27, 2020
Other Publishers
2000 Ad July 2020 Prog Pack
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night #2
Alone GN Vol 11 Nailers In Night
Animosity TPB Vol 06
Apocalypse Girl TPB
Archie Milestone
Read more…GENRE TV
His Dark Materials, "Malice" (HBO, Dec. 21)
The Expanse, "Guagamela" (Amazon Prime, Dec. 23)
Star Trek: Discovery, "The Citadel" (CBS All Access, Dec. 24)
The Stand, "Pocket Savior" (CBS All Access, Dec. 24)
Pennyworth, "The Belt and Welt"
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